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ABBYY FineReader PDF pricing: plans, free tier and a free option

ABBYY FineReader PDF starts at $99/year (FineReader PDF Standard for Windows, 1 standalone licence; $16/month or $267 for 3 years. Corporate is $165/year ($24/month)). Desktop OCR that turns scans and images into searchable PDFs and editable Word and Excel files, plus PDF editing and comparison.

ABBYY FineReader PDF

USD list price

Desktop OCR that turns scans and images into searchable PDFs and editable Word and Excel files, plus PDF editing and comparison.

Entry price

$99/year

FineReader PDF Standard for Windows, 1 standalone licence; $16/month or $267 for 3 years. Corporate is $165/year ($24/month)

$99/year (Standard, Windows)

Free tier

  • No free plan. The pricing page offers a '7-day trial' with 'No payment required' and states no page limit for the trial.

FineReader PDF for Mac is $69/year or $186 for 3 years, with no monthly option. No perpetual licence is listed. The pricing page shows prices in USD.

What ABBYY FineReader PDF does that free tools don't

  • Converting scans into editable Word and Excel documents with the layout and tables kept, not just plain text.
  • Editing PDFs 'almost like a Word document', and comparing two versions of a document to find the differences.
  • Hot Folder batch automation on Corporate, up to 5,000 pages per month.

If you need these, ABBYY FineReader PDF is worth paying for. Check the current plan on the vendor's pricing page (opens in a new tab) before you buy.

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ABBYY FineReader PDF pricing questions

How much does ABBYY FineReader PDF cost?

ABBYY FineReader PDF starts at $99/year (FineReader PDF Standard for Windows, 1 standalone licence; $16/month or $267 for 3 years. Corporate is $165/year ($24/month)). Read from the vendor's own page on 2026-11-01.

Does ABBYY FineReader PDF have a free plan?

No free tier; a 7-day trial with no payment required.

Is there a free alternative to ABBYY FineReader PDF?

For pulling text out of an image with ocr, the free AltFTool Text Extractor covers the basic job without an account. It does less than ABBYY FineReader PDF — each comparison lists exactly what you give up.

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